Rocking-chair fan.



H. M LOVELL.

ROCKING CHAIR FAN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. I917.

2 SHEETSSHEET mlarei Z1 H. M. LOVELL.

ROCKING CHAIR FAN.

APPLICATION FILED APR-13. 19!].

1,267,094. Patented May 21, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

HAROLD M- LOVELL, 0F SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

ROCKING-CHAIR FAN.

Application filed. April 13,

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HAROLD M. LOVELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Somerville. in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rocking-Chair Fans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fans for rockin chairs.

The object 0 this invention is to provide a fan which may be attached to the arm and runner of a rocking chair, whereby upon rocking motion of the chair, the fan will be operated in a vertical plane.

A further object of this invention is to provide a fan for rocking chairs, which may be removably secured to the rocker and arm of the chair and so secured thereto, as to position the fan in front of the occupant of the chair, whereby upon rocking motion of the chair the fan will be moved in a vertical plane, thus keeping the occupant of the chair cool at all times.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a fan for rocking chairs which may be removably secured to the chair and has a novel means for adjustin the fan at any desired angle position in rout of the face of the occupant of the chair so that upon rocking the chair, the fan will be moved in a vertical plane, causing a circulation of air, thus keeping the occupant of the chair cool at a comparatively small amount of energy.

A still further object of this invention is to rovide an attachment for rocking chairs which includes a tube to which are secure brackets, which brackets are removably secured to one arm and rocker of the chair and slidably arranged in the tube is a reciprocating bar, which has a loose connection with an operating member, which is locatedin the lower end of the tube, a head removably se cured to the upper end of the tube and surrounding the reciprocating bar, a fan carried by the head, said fan being adjustable and the head being movable in a horizontal lane to permit the fan to be turned out o the way when not in use and upon the rocking of the chair, the operating member will force the rod or bar upwardlv and cause the fan to move p y d when the chair is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

1917. Serial No. 161,783.

moved rearwardly in the rearward rocking motion, the spring means will force the bar downwardly and urge the operating rod outwardly. thus the o oration is accomplished upon the rocking o the chair.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a rocking chair fan of this character, which will be simple, practical, and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and one that can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawin Figure 1 is a rent elevation of a rocking chair illustrating my improved fan attachment afiixed thereto,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the fan attachment,

Fig. 4: is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the fan attachment,

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 7 is a sectional view illustrating one of the attaching brackets,

Fi g. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 88 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a rocking chair in its entirety and it may be of any desired construction, but it is here shown as havin a seat 2, rockers 3, back 4 and arms 5, an to this rocking chair my improved attachment is applied.

My improved attachment comprises a relatively lon tube or sleeve 6, which has one end provi ed with an annular flange 7 on the exterior thereof. the opposite end being fully open as shown. The lower end of the tube or sleeve 6 has its bore reduced as at 8 to rovide a bearing bushing, the pur ose of which will be hereinafter more fu ly described.

The reducin of the bore of the sleeve or tube 6 adjacent the lower end forms an interior annular shoulder 9, which is substantially horizontal,-

.\n operating member 10 is slidably an I ranged in the reducedbore 11 of the sleeve or tube 6 and has its inner end provided with annular flange 12. which rests upon the horizontal shoulder 9 in the sleeve 6, thus preventing the operating member or rod 10 from being entirely withdrawn from the tube or sleeve 6. The outerendof the rod 10 is provided with an enlarged head 13, which has its convex outer surface 1 1 which constitutes a wear plate and is adapted to have engagement with the floor or other surface when the chair is rocked forward, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described.

A coiled spring 15- has one end secured to the upper surface of the flange 12 on the inner end of the operating rod lfl and its opposite end is secured to the flange- 16. carried on the lower end of the reciprocating bar 17, which is slidebly arranged in the tube or sleeve 6. The upper end of the reciprocating bar 17 extends upwardly beyond the upper edge of the tube 6 as illustrated.

The connection of the ends ofthe spring 15 to the flanges 16 and 17 of the rod 10 arid bar 17 provides a loose connection between these two men'lbers, and also serves asa buffer when the device is in operation.

A pin 18 is arranged to extend transversely through the bar 17 adjacent the lower, end thereof and in close proximity to the flanged inner end 16. The pin 18 has its ends projecting beyond the surface of the walls of the bar 17 and is adapted to have engagement with the underside of the stop washer 19. which is slidably arranged on the bar 17.

A second stop washer 20 is rigidly secured to the tube 6 on the interior thereof intermediate its ends by the transversely extending pins 21. which are arranged. in spaced relation to one another and extend through the periphery of the wzisher 20 and out through the tube as shown in Fig. 6, thus the stop washer 20 is rigidly secured within the sleeve or tube 6 centrally thereof and in spaced relation to the inner end of the bar 17 as illustrated.

A coiled spring 22 surrounds thebar 17 and is located between the washers 19 20. One end of the spring. is secured to the upper surface of the washer 19, while its opposite end is seeured to the under side of the stop washer-20, thus when the operating rod is forced inwardly. the bar 17 forcedupwardly, the spring will be compressed, and when the operating rod 10 is out of engagen ent withthe surface or floor; the spring 22 will urge the rod 17 downwardly, forcing the operating rod 10 outwardly, into engagement with the floor surface the next operation.

enlarged as at to form a substantially horizontal shoulder 26, which is adapted to engage the upper edge of the tube or sleeve 6 when thebearing head 23 is fitted thereon as illu st rated. The bearing head 23 is rotatably mounted on the upper edge of the tube .or sleere 6. and has its upper portion onlarged as at 27 pro ided with a reduced bore 28 through which the upper end of the bar 17 extends. The bar 17 extends upwardly beyond the upper surface of the bearing head as shown. and the purpose of the same. will be hereinafter more fully described.

A vertical projection 89 is formed on the up perfsurface of the bearing head 23 on the periphery thereof and is adapted to bare piifotally secured thereto, an arm 30. The arm 3.0 has one end pivotally, secured to one side face and at the upper end'thereof to the projection 29 by thep'in 31,.and-its opposite end is pirotelly seeuredhetween the arms 32 which are formed by bifurcating one end'ef the supporting member 33. The arms 82 of the supporting member 33ers. arranged on opposite sides of the free end of thearm 30 and pivotally 'securei'l thereto by a pin .34, which extends transrerselythrough the arms 32 and the arm 30 and has securedon its outer end, an adjustable outfit), which secures the same thereto, andthusoit can .be seen that thearm 30 and operating member 33 are hingedl-y connected together.

A link 36 is provided with a longitm dinailly extending slotBT and has secured toits lower longitudinal edge adjacent one end. the cap 38, which is rigidlysecured to the upper end of the operating-bar 17 .as shown, and the link is pivotally secured to thearmfif) by the. pin.39. which extends through the slot Shinto. the armBOss shown,..w.herehy when the rod isforced upwardlyythe pin wiil be moved in the slot. and the arm 30 will he raised on its .pineial point -31, which constitutes a' fulerum, .wfll raise the supporting member .33 upwardly.) the purpose of. which will be hereinafter more [fully described.

It is understood that the nut 35 is tig htened so as to cause thearm 30 and supporting. member .33 to. more simultaneously, but when it is desired to more thesupporting member 33yertically withrelation toithe arm 30.. it is only necessary. to loosen the nut 35 and swing the member 33 .reamvardly, .1119 out of the way of the occupant of the chair when. the dew icev is applied thereto.

The bearing head :23 is providedzin its well with. an .arcuate slot 140,.which' is adapted to slidably reeeive .a. pin 41,. which has one end pivotally secnred as atsfi to the tube or sleeve 6 audits opposite andgixtends outwardlr through and beyond: {the surface of the well s ofthesiot Mid and: is .scnewthreaded as at 43 and rceires remorcbly fitted there on, the wingnuta, thusit cache seenthat the bearing head oan'he turned in a horizoutal plane to move the arms and supporting member out of the Way so that the occupant may get into and out of the chair when desired.

hen it is desired to use the device, the nut lat is tightened on the bolt 43, thus the head 23 is held in any desired position with relation to the tube or sleeve 6.

A substantially U-shaped supporting yoke has its arms removably secured to the opposite sides of the supporting member 33 adjacent the outer end thereof by the removable screws 46 or other suitable fastening means. thus positioning the web at a relatively spaced distance from the upper surface of the supporting member.

A horizontal arm i7 is slidably arranged on the upper surface of the supporting member 33 and between the web of the supporting yoke 45, the wear plate 48 being arranged between the under side of the web 45 and the upper side of the supporting arm 47 of the fan and a screw 49 is threaded through the Web of the yoke 4:5 and has its inner end bearing against the Wear plate 48, forcing the same into engagement with the upper side of the member 47 to rigidly hold the same on the supporting member A fan 50 is formed integrally with the outer end of the arm 47, thus it can be seen that the fan may be adjusted at any angle with relation to the tube 6 or it may be swung upwardly by unloosening the nut 35 and swinging the supporting member 33 rearwardly and out of the way of the occupant of the chair.

A pair of supporting brackets designated in their entirety by the numeral 51 comprise the clamping rings 52, which have their free ends arranged in spaced parallel relation as at 53 and the rings 52 are arranged around the tube 6. A bar 54 has one end arranged between the spaced ends 53 of the rings and secured thereto by a bolt 55, thus securing the same to the tube and sleeve and the arm in position with the one fastening member 55. The opposite end of the arm has formed thereon, the U- shaped clamping member 56, which is adapted to have engagement with the arm 5 or rocker 3 of the chair, as shown and is secured thereon by a wing bolt 57 and the device is ready for use.

In operation, the occupant sits in the chair 1, the nut 44 of the bolt 41 is loosened, the head is moved to position the horizontal fan supporting means at any desired posiin turn moves the arm 30 upwardly, raising the fan in a vertical plane about its fulcrum 31 and upon rearward rocking motion when the head 1% leaves the floor, the rod will. be forced outwardly by the spring 22 and the rod moved downwardly, thus caus ing the an to have sweeping action in a vertical plane in front of the occupant.

I claim:

1. A fan operating means comprising a tube or sleeve; brackets removably secured to the tube or sleeve for securing the same to a rocking chair, a bearing head rotatably mounted. on one end of the tube, a bar re ciprocally mounted through the bearing head and sleeve, an operating member loosely mounted in the lower end of the sleeve, means for loosely connecting the operating member with the reciprocatory bar, a supporting arm pivotally secured to the bearing head, a link pivotally secured to the supporting arm and rigidly secured to the upper end of the rcciprocatory bar, and a fan supporting means hingedly and pivotally secured to the outer end of the arm, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A fan operating means comprising a tube or sleeve, an operating member reciprocally mounted in the lower end of the sleeve, a wear plate having a convex surface formed on the outer end of the operating member, a reciprocatory bar mounted in said tube or sleeve, a spring connecting the inner end of the bar with the inner end of the operating member, a bearing head rotatably mounted on the upper end of the sleeve and surrounding said bar, means carried by the tube and engaging the bearing head and holding the same against rotary movement with relation thereto, a projection carried by the head, an arm pivotally secured to the projection, a link pivotally secured to the arm and rigidly secured to the upper edge of the bar, a supporting member hingedly secured to the outer end of the arm, a yoke carried by the supporting member, a fan carrying arm adjustably secured to the yoke and supporting memher, and brackets secured to the tube to facilitate the securing of the device to a if-iopiking chair, as and for the purpose speci- 3. A fan 0 crating means comprising a tube having its lower end reduced in the interior thereof, to provide a substantially 1 horizontal shoulder, an operating member slidably arranged in the tube and havingits inner end flanged to enga e the shoulder for preventing the removal 0 the operatin member therefrom, the outer end of said operating member provided with a convex surface to constitute a wear plate, a spring secured to the inner flanged end of said member, a reciprocatory bar slidably arranged in the tube and having its inner end flanged and secured to the'free end of the spring for formin a resilient connection between the operating member and bar, a head rot-atebly mounted on the upper end of the tube, means for holding the head against rotation with relation to the tube, a vertical projection formed on thechead, an arm pivotally secured to the projection, a link rigidly secured to the bar and pivotally secured to the arm, a supporting member piuotally secured to the free end of thelarm a yoke curried bythe sup orting member, a fan adjustably eerrie by the yeke and supporting member, a spring surrounding said operating bar, means for holding the spring against longitudinal sliding movement on the bar, said sprin adapted to be compressed on the inwar movement of the operating member and upon release of pressure by the operating member, the spring will force the reci recatory bar downwardl in the tube, and rackets secured to the tube for securing the same to a rocking chair, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimonwhereof I afiix by signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

HAROLD M. LOVELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. MCCARTHY, NORA T. PHILLIPS.

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Washington, D. 0. 

